Portable telephone

• US 9,942,377 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2014
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Takeuchi, Ryosuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Bolotin, Dmitriy
• Application Number:
  US14/460,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20160050306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,334 Days
• Field of Search: 345 11- 34, 345156-184, 345204-214
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/23 Indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

Abstract

In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a display displays a block indicative of an operator, predetermined information and a pointer; the operator can be operated in directions opposite to each other; and the controller controls the display so as to shift the pointer to a desirable position within a predetermined information on a screen of the display in accordance with an operation of the operator and also display a mark indicative of a direction to which the pointer can be shifted and in which the predetermined information exists, adjacently to the block along a shift direction through the operator.

Claims

1. A remote control apparatus for controlling a communication apparatus, the remote control apparatus comprising:

a display unit; and

a controlling unit configured to;

receive electric field strength information from the communication apparatus, wherein the electric field strength information indicates whether the communication apparatus is in a communicable state or in an incommunicable state for sending or receiving a communication via a wireless communication system; and

display, via the display unit, an electric field strength indicator based on the electric field strength information from the communication apparatus.

2. The remote control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electric field strength indicator indicates a level from at least four levels of electric field strength when the communication apparatus is in the communicable state.

3. The remote control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electric field strength indicator indicates the communication apparatus is in the communicable state or the incommunicable state for sending or receiving the communication via the wireless communication system.

4. The remote control apparatus of claim 3, wherein, when the electric field strength indicator indicates that the communication apparatus is in the communicable state, the electric field strength indicator indicates one of an excellent level of electric field strength or a bad level of electric field strength.

5. The remote control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electric field strength indicator comprises a plurality of symbols, wherein each symbol of the plurality of symbols indicates a level of electric field strength at the communication apparatus.

6. The remote control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controlling unit is configured to receive a user input and display the electric field strength indicator in response to the user input.

7. The remote control apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a microphone that is configured to receive voice data.

8. The remote control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controlling unit is configured to receive the electric field strength information via a connection cable.

9. The remote control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controlling unit is configured to receive the electric field strength information via wireless communication.

10. The remote control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controlling unit is configured to send a request for the electric field strength information and receive the electric field strength information in response to the request.

11. The remote control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controlling unit is configured to display, via the display unit, an indication that the remote control apparatus has received electronic mail.

12. A method for remotely controlling a communication apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving, at a remote control apparatus, electric field strength information from the communication apparatus, wherein the electric field strength information indicates whether the communication apparatus is in a communicable state or in an incommunicable state for sending or receiving a communication via a wireless communication system; and

displaying an electric field strength indicator based on the electric field strength information from the communication apparatus.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the electric field strength indicator indicates a level from at least four levels of electric field strength when the communication apparatus is in the communicable state.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the electric field strength indicator indicates the communication apparatus is in the communicable state or the incommunicable state for sending or receiving the communication via the wireless communication system.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein, when the electric field strength indicator indicates that the communication apparatus is in the communicable state, the electric field strength indicator indicates one of an excellent level of electric field strength or a bad level of electric field strength.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the electric field strength indicator comprises a plurality of symbols, wherein each of the plurality of symbols indicates a level of electric field strength at the communication apparatus.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a user input; and

displaying the electric field strength indicator in response to the user input.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving voice data via a microphone.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the electric field strength information is received via a connection cable.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the electric field strength information is received via wireless communication.

21. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

sending a request for the electric field strength information; and

receiving the electric field strength information in response to the request.

22. The method of claim 12, further comprising displaying an indication that the remote control apparatus has received electronic mail.

23. A communication apparatus configured to be controlled by a remote control apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising:

a controlling unit configured to communicate with the remote control apparatus, wherein the controlling unit is configured to;

determine electric field strength information, wherein the electric field strength information indicates whether the communication apparatus is in a communicable state or in an incommunicable state for sending or receiving a communication via a wireless communication system; and

send the electric field strength information to the remote control apparatus.

24. The communication apparatus of claim 23, wherein the electric field strength information indicates a level from at least four levels of electric field strength when the communication apparatus is in the communicable state.

25. The communication apparatus of claim 23, wherein the electric field strength information indicates one of an excellent level of electric field strength or a bad level of electric field strength when the communication apparatus is in the communicable state.

26. The communication apparatus of claim 23, wherein the controlling unit is configured to send the electric field strength information via a connection cable.

27. The communication apparatus of claim 23, wherein the controlling unit is configured to send the electric field strength information via wireless communication.

28. A method comprising:

determining, at a communication apparatus, electric field strength information, wherein the electric field strength information indicates whether the communication apparatus is in a communicable state or in an incommunicable state for sending or receiving a communication via a wireless communication system; and

sending the electric field strength information to a remote control apparatus.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the electric field strength information indicates a level from at least four levels of electric field strength when the communication apparatus is in the communicable state.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein the electric field strength information indicates one of an excellent level of electric field strength or a bad level of electric field strength when the communication apparatus is in the communicable state.

31. The method of claim 28, wherein the sending comprises sending via a connection cable.

32. The method of claim 28, wherein the sending comprises sending via wireless communication.